Exciton formation, relaxation, and decay in PCDTBT

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 17459-17470

  Banerji, Natalie ^a   Cowan, Sarah ^a   Leclerc, Mario ^b   Vauthey, Eric ^c   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND EXCITON; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHLOROBENZENE SOLUTION; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL RELAXATION; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; EXCITON FORMATION; EXCITON MIGRATION; FEMTOSECONDS; FLUORESCENCE DYNAMICS; IN-PHASE; INTERBAND; LOCALIZED STATE; LOWER ENERGIES; PHOTOGENERATION; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE SEPARATION; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; PICOSECONDS; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER EXCITONS; PRIMARY EXCITATIONS; RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; SELF-LOCALIZATION; SINGLET EXCITONS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME RESOLUTION; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; UP-CONVERSION;

CHARGE TRANSFER; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FULLERENES; ION EXCHANGE; TIME MEASUREMENT;

EXCITONS;

CHLOROBENZENE; FULLERENE; POLYMER; PRISTINE CONJUGATED POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; FEMTOSECOND RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE UP CONVERSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STEADY STATE; TIME; TIME SCALE;

EID: 78650112485     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja105290e     Document Type: Article

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